In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 4 May 2011 12:48:56 -0700: Hi, [snip] >When helium is the main ash, and when the strong gamma signature is absent >at ~24 MeV (invoking some kind of phonon explanation) then we have >essentially an alpha emission, and easily shielded. Therefore, you have to >look for the secondary reactions - the bremsstrahlung (braking radiation) >which would be way lower in energy. If you did not provide a good instrument >for that, then you might miss it at 10 watts but at 100 watts it should show >up IMO. If anyone out there knows differently - please speak up.
If the energy is carried by alpha particles, then I think these are way too slow and heavy to create significant bremsstrahlung. That being usually associated with fast electrons if I am not mistaken. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
